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Eye on the Road Xara X Tutorial

Select the Blend Tool (F7). Click on the left ellipse and drag to the circle. After you have created the blend, you may need to drag again to and from the top control points. Repeat this for the other set of circle and ellipse. Change the number of Blend Steps on the Infobar to 7 and press Enter to apply the change.

Click the Position Profile arrow icon on the Infobar to open the Position Profile dialog. Move the top slider to the right to 0.2.

Select the other blend, open the Position Profile and move the slider in the opposite direction to -0.2.

Select the first blend with the Blend Tool, and then the left arc. Press the Blend Along a Curve icon. Repeat this step with the other blend and the right side of the arc. I colored the two arc lines blue and red to show the difference.

 

Eye on the Road Xara X Tutorial

Position the two blends as shown above. Select each of the blends and set the outline to none.

 

Eye on the Road Xara X Tutorial

We need to create a shape that attaches the glass dome to the chrome bottom.

Create a rectangle to the size shown above. Click the Curved Corners icon.

Click twice on the shape to enable rotate/skew mode. Drag the top center double skew arrow to the right to 15 degrees (you can see the degrees on the Infobar). Position the shape as shown above and send it behind the green shape repeatedly pressing Shift Ctrl b until it moves behind the green shape.

Select the skewed rectangle and the green shape and Arrange > Combine Shapes... Add Shapes (Ctrl 1).

NOTE: When performing an operation such as this last add shapes, the combined shape takes on the properties of the top shape. This is the reason why we sent the rectangular shape behind the top shape.

 

Eye on the Road Xara X Tutorial

Select the green shape and then switch to the Shape Editor Tool (F4). Click on the outline where the four red outlined squares are placed in the example above to add new control points. Delete the points that are in between. This will result in 2 diagonal lines. Drag these lines with the Shape Editor Tool into graceful curves as shown above. Zoom in close (Alt Z ) for greater control.

Save your drawing and take a short break.

 

 

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